“The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order…With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved.”
Address at London Guildhall (19 October 1959)
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Edward R. Murrow67
Television journalist 1908–1965Related quotes
Tony Abbott (1957) Australian politician
abc.net.au http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2013/s3890402.htm. <br class="br">2013
“It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact.”
Ann Coulter (1961) author, political commentator
As quoted in "An appalling magic" in The Guardian (17 May 2003).
2003
Context: It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact. In fact, in every presidential election since 1950 — except Goldwater in '64 — the Republican would have won, if only the men had voted.
“With all respect, why do you give crap countries a vote?”
Sacha Baron Cohen (1971) English stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and voice actor
As quoted in "War" http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=qyA-A3mYV6A (28 February 2003), Da Ali G Show
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) American politician, 36th president of the United States (in office from 1963 to 1969)
1960s, The American Promise (1965)
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis
Source: Letters of Sigmund Freud, 1873-1939
“I never change, except in my affections.”
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
"Pythagorean Ethical Sentences From Stobæus" (1904)
Florilegium